Reconstructing Jury Instructions in Homicide Offenses

Hisham M. Ramadan, S.J.D, is the International Criminal Court Project Coordinator at the International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law. Previously, he taught Criminal Law at the University of Queensland, Australia, and was a visiting lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 The Standard of Proof in Criminal Trials (The Challenge of Explaining "Reasonable Doubt"): Introduction; Is "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" A Self-Explanatory Concept?; The Impact of an Undefined Standard of Proof in Criminal Trials; The Basic Concepts Chapter 5 Reconstructing Reasonableness in Criminal Law: Introduction; The Rise and Fall of Reasonableness in Criminal Law; Policies that Underlie the Reasonableness Standard; The Failure to Achieve the Objectives of the Reasonableness Standard; Rule of SubstChapter 6 Recklessness: Introduction; Problems with Setting Reckless Boundaries; Outlining Recklessness Boundaries; Analysis and conclusion; Proposed Jury InstructionsChapter 7 Intentional Homicide: Introduction; The Cognitive State of Desire: Desire to Cause Death versus Desire to Cause an Act that Ultimately Causes Death; The Cognitive State of Belief "Knowingly"; Intentional Homicide with Aggravating Circumstances: PremChapter 8 Negligence: Introduction; The History of the Fault Element in Negligence: Awareness of Fault; Modern Analysis of Fault in Culpable Negligence; Redefining Culpable Negligence: Integrating Negligence within the Theory of Knowledge; Conclusion; ProposeChapter 9 Index